Homicide

A Des Plaines man pleaded guilty Friday to the ambush slaying of his former girlfriend in the parking lot of her Bensenville apartment, according to DuPage County prosecutors.

Victor Tornez-Sanchez, 29, entered a blind guilty plea to first-degree murder in the death of Olivia Renteria-Bravo, who died outside her residence in the 700 block of Parkside Lane on June 18, 2017. In a blind plea agreement, the sentence is not predetermined.

Authorities said the woman had just returned home from a date at about 9:30 p.m. with her new boyfriend when Tornez-Sanchez ran at her and stabbed her three times before he fled in his car.

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